LADIES' WRITING TABLE (BONHEUR-DU-JOUR)
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall
About this object
In two sections- the upper is a cupboard with two glass doors and a marble top edged with an openwork railing in gilt metal; below this is a gilt metal band in low relief imitating drapery swags and tassels. The lower section consists of a single storage area faced with glass on the curved indented sides and on the front which is a door; the bottom is a slab of white marble; the rounded posts in front have stripes in two shades of wood imitating chaneling, as do the four tapered legs. A band of leafy scrolls in gilt metal tops the lower section; in the center it faces a shallow drawer which provides a writing surface when it is pulled out.
- Object name:
- LADIES' WRITING TABLE (BONHEUR-DU-JOUR)
- Made from:
- Mahogany -- teakwood -- gilt bronze, marble
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1785
- Size:
- 104.1 × 77.5 × 31.8 cm (41 × 30 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.3
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- WRITING; NUMBER Pencilled: Du..Depart...7/17; Stencilled number in black: 39908/10
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973